Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private R. Nicholson, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 March 1915

British War and Victory Medals (7906 Pte. R. Nicholson. R.S. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Nicholson) good very fine and better (3) £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL.

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Robert Nicholson was born in Wigtonshire and attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Aberdeen. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 December 1914, and was killed in action on 12 March 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.